Public holidays · 2026 and 2027
Public holidays in Ecuador 2026
Ecuador has 11 public holidays in 2026: all of them on working days. The next one is Independence of Guayaquil on Friday, October 9, 2026, in 11 days.
Dates as of Monday, September 28, 2026. Source: the open-source holidays library, version 0.105.How 2026 falls in Ecuador
Counting Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, 11 of the 11 holiday dates in 2026 fall on a working day and none on a weekend.
Counting Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, 11 of the 11 holiday dates in 2026 fall on a working day and none on a weekend. The most common weekday for a holiday is Monday or Friday, with 4 dates.
Eight of the 11 dates land on a Monday or Friday, next to the weekend, so they make a long weekend without using any leave: Carnival on Monday, February 16, Good Friday on Friday, April 3, Labor Day on Friday, May 1, The Battle of Pichincha (observed) on Monday, May 25, Declaration of Independence of Quito on Monday, August 10, Independence of Guayaquil on Friday, October 9, and 2 more. One more holiday sits one working day away from the weekend, so a single day of leave turns it into a four-day break: New Year's Day on Thursday, January 1 (take Friday off).
February, May and November are the busiest months, with 2 holiday dates. Four months have no public holiday at all (March, June, July and September). The longest stretch between two holidays is 77 days, from The Battle of Pichincha (observed) on May 25 to Declaration of Independence of Quito on August 10, the natural window for a longer break.
One entry is an observed, substitute or bridge day that moves a holiday onto a working day: The Battle of Pichincha (observed) on May 25.
2027 brings 14 public holidays, 3 holidays more than 2026. 14 of the 14 dates fall on a working day, and 10 land next to the weekend.
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2026 public holidays in Ecuador
| Date | Weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday | New Year's Day | |
| Monday | Carnival | |
| Tuesday | Carnival | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| Friday | Labor Day | |
| SundayMoved | The Battle of Pichincha | |
| Monday | The Battle of Pichincha (observed) | |
| Monday | Declaration of Independence of Quito | |
| FridayNext | Independence of Guayaquil | |
| Monday | All Souls' Day | |
| Tuesday | Independence of Cuenca | |
| Friday | Christmas Day |
2027 public holidays in Ecuador
14 holidays on 14 dates.
| Date | Weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | |
| Monday | Carnival | |
| Tuesday | Carnival | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| Friday | Labor Day (observed) | |
| SaturdayMoved | Labor Day | |
| Monday | The Battle of Pichincha | |
| Monday | Declaration of Independence of Quito (observed) | |
| Tuesday | Declaration of Independence of Quito | |
| Friday | Independence of Guayaquil (observed) | |
| SaturdayMoved | Independence of Guayaquil | |
| Monday | All Souls' Day (observed) | |
| Tuesday | All Souls' Day | |
| Wednesday | Independence of Cuenca | |
| Friday | Christmas Day (observed) | |
| SaturdayMoved | Christmas Day | |
| Friday | New Year's Day (observed) |
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